Turkey takes crackdown on press freedom beyond its borders, seeks extradition of journalist from...
In a new effort to silence government critics abroad, a Turkish court has requested the extradition of a Turkish journalist who is living in...
Turkey’s 2016-2018 state of emergency a ‘social genocide program’
A two-year-long state of emergency declared after an abortive coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016 caused immense suffering among civil servants who were...
RSF slams Turkey’s new social media regulation
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement issued July 22 condemned an amendment to the law on Internet crimes submitted this week by the...
Purge victim loses battle with cancer after belated diagnosis
Yusuf Uzun, 36, an accounting teacher who was dismissed from his job in a post-coup purge, lost his battle with cancer after his release...
ECtHR should stop viewing Turkish Constitutional Court as effective remedy, says president of European...
“There is no domestic remedy available in Turkey. ... The should cease to consider the Turkish Constitutional Court as a source of effective...
Asylum seeker, 3-year-old son lost in Aegean Sea after migrant boat sinks
A man seeking asylum and his 3-year-old son were lost in the Aegean Sea after a boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized near the...
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels may have carried out torture, rape and looting: UN
Turkey must rein in the rebels it supports in northern Syria who may have carried out kidnappings, torture, rape and looting of civilian property,...
Prominent journalist Cemal gets suspended sentence on terror charges
Renowned Turkish journalist Hasam Cemal has been given a suspended sentence of 15 months for allegedly disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization in...
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers: UN working group
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forced transfer to Turkey of six Turkish teachers...
Woman jailed for husband’s role in corruption operations involving Erdoğan denied medical treatment
Sümeyya Aksoy, 43, the wife of a police chief jailed for her husband’s role in corruption and bribery operations back in 2013 that implicated...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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